SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ATBM TESTING KABANBAY, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 16, 1984
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SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ATBM TESTING
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: SCALEBOARD SS-12/22 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC
LES E U PMENT AT NEWLY IDENTIFIED FIELD SITES WEST OF
THE ARAL SEA MAY BE LINKED TO ANTITACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE
(ATBM) TESTS AT THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: BETWEEN JUNE 1982 AND SEPTEMBER 1983, THE SOVIETS ~
ON~STR TED TWO SCALEBOARD SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE
(SRBM) FIELD SITES IN A REMOTE AREA WEST OF THE ARAL SEA,
APPROXIMATELY 300 NM SOUTH OF THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER
(GRAPHIC 1). BOTH SITES CONSISTING OF 25X1
TENTS, BIVOUACS AND OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, WERE ~
OCCUPIED WITH SCALEBOARD E UIPMENT ON THE MOST RECENT
IMAGERY OF THE LOCATION OF THE SITES 25X1 I
RELATIVE TO OTHER MILITARY UNITS IN THE TURKESTAN MILITARY
DISTRICT AND RECENT EVENTS AT EMBA SUGGEST THAT THIS
SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY IS RELATED TO TESTING OF THE EMBA-04
SUBSYSTEM OF THE SA-X-12 AT EMBA RATHER THAN A TYPICAL
MILITARY TRAINING EXE THE EMBA-04 IS ASSESSED TO HAVE
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KABANBAY TAC SSM FIELD SITE 1 GRAHPIC 2) WAS IDENTIFIED AT
440605N 0572931E ON TWO SCALEBOARD 25X1
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL) AND ONE MAZ-535/537
HEAVY DUTY CRANE WERE WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT VEHICLES IN A
VEHICLE STORAGE AREA. OTHER NEARBY FACILITIES INCLUDE A
PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS, A POL STORAGE AREA WITH MR-10
COLLAPSIBLE FUEL CONTAINERS, A PROBABLE METEOROLOGICAL
STATION, AND A TROOP BIVOUAC AREA. (SWN)
KABANBAY TAC SSM FIELD SITE 2 (GRAPHIC 3) IS AT 440855N
0573814E. TWO PROBABLE SCALEBOARD TEL AND TWO PROBABLE
SCALEBOARD RESUPPLY VEHICLES WERE PARKED UNDER CAMOUFLAGE
NETTING IN A VEHICLE STORAGE PARK AT THIS FIELD SITE. '
THREE, POSSIBLY FOUR, MISSILE CANISTERS WERE ON THE GROUND
ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLES. A FENCE-SECURED TECHNICAL SUPPORT
AREA AND HELICOPTER LANDING PAD ARE NORTHWEST OF THE VEHICLE
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PARK. A POSSIBLE METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT STATION IS
SOUTHWEST OF THE VEHICLE PARK, AND OTHER BUNKERS AND PIECES
OF EQUIPMENT ARE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE VEHICLE PARK. THE
TWO TACTICAL SSM FIELD SITES ARE APPROXIMATELY 7 NM APART.
(SWN)
THE ONLY OTHER SCALEBOARD DEPLOYMENT IDENTIFIED IN THE
TURKESTAN MILITARY DISTRICT WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED AT
KURGANCHA LAUNCH POSITION 6 IN OCTOBER 1983
(NPIC IAC 445 FOR 12 OCTOBER 1983). (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THESE SITES AT KABANBAY MAY BE
LAUNCHING SCALEBOARD MISSILES TOWARD THE EMBA MISSILE TEST
CENTER TO SERVE AS TARGET VEHICLES FOR THE EMBA-04 SUBSYSTEM
OF THE SA-X-12 WHICH IS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT
EMBA. USING THE SCALEBOARD AS A TARGET VEHICLE FOR THE
EMBA-04 SUBSYSTEM COULD ALLOW THE SOVIETS TO BETTER ASSESS
THE CAPABILITIES OF THE EMBA-04, ESPECIALLY THE ENGAGEMENT
AND ACQUISITION RADARS, AGAINST A MISSILE SIMILAR TO THE
PERSHING II NPIC IAC 537 FOR 22 DECEMBER 1983). ACCORDING
FAILED TO DETECT ANY SCALEBOARD E
1983 IMAGERY
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THAT AREA. EMBA IS APPROXIMATELY 270 NM NORTH OF KABANBAY
AND WELL WITHIN THE 490 NM RANGE OF SCALEBOARD MISSILES.
THE SCALEBOARD EQUIPMENT MAY HAVE COME BY RAIL FROM THE
RECENTLY IDENTIFIED SCALEBOARD UNIT IN KURGANCHA, 360 NM
SOUTHEAST OF KABANBAY, NEAR THE AFGHANISTAN BORDER. A RAIL
LINE FROM KURGANCHA PASSES WITHIN 6 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE
KABANBAY TAC SSM FIELD SITES. IF THESE SITES IVERE
ESTABLISHED TO PRIMARILY SUPPORT ATBM TESTING, THE MISSILES
USED IN THESE TESTS PROBABLY CAME FROM EMBA AS TIIEY WOULD
NEED SPECIALLY DESIGNED TELEME IN TALLED AND
EXTENSIVE CIiECKOUT PROCEDURES.
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COORDINATES 44-06-05N 057-29-31E (S)
COORDINATES 44-08-55N 057-38-14E
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